Safety window seat



Jan. 17, 1933. w. LA GRANGE SAFETY WINDOW SEAT Filed Oct. 18, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I VTLLMM L11 ale/swa INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Jan. 17, 1933. w. LA GRANGE SAFETY WINDOW SEAT Filed Oct. 18, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Jan. 17, 1933 PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM LA GRANGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK SAFETY WINDOW SEAT Application filed October 18, 1930. Serial No. 489,670.

This invention relates to window seats and has particular reference to safety window seats.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a seat which, attachable to a window sill and partly disposed on the inner side of the latter, is effective to reach outwardly beyond the sill and the wall supportingthe same, so that a person who cleans the outer side of a window, or performs other operations, may be securely supported in a comfortable sitting position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a foldable safety seat, so that the same may be partly extended through an open window and then attached to the sill of the latter in partly open condition, subsequent to which the device may be completely unfolded. The latter part of the unfolding operation includes movement of a rear support or seat back portion of the device, so that, to secure a further object of the invention, a person supported in the seat may safely lean backward in guarded condition while cleaning a window.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter specifically pointed out, or will become apparent, as the specification proceeds.

With the above indicated objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel constructions and combinations and arrangementof parts, clearly described in the following specification and fully illustrated in the ac- 5 companying drawings which latter show embodiments of the invention as at present preferred.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of the new safety seat.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional view of the seat in position on a window sill.

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view.

Fig. 4 is a lateral elevational view of the device in folded condition; and

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2. V

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view illustrating the yoke attached to the under side of the platform.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The seat or base includes a top plate 10, preferably of metal, below which is a platform 11, in the present instance consisting of wood, and having forward spaced portions 12 and 13, which are formed at their inner edges with longitudinal tongues 14, 15. Slidably mounted in the platform is a base section 16, there being in the respective outer edges thereof grooves to cooperate with the said tongues.

In order to attach the seat in gripping relation on a window sill 17, the section 16 has hinged thereto, as at 18, a foldable retaining member 19, and in order to positively prevent outward movement of the said member, a pair of stop plates, carried on the section 16, have their outer terminal 20, 21 turned downwardly at right angles to the said section. The retainer 19 is further stopped, in the extended or gripping position, by its top portion, which contacts with the under face of the base when its tongue 19 enters a slot in the end of the base section.

Rigidly held on the section 16, as by riveting, is a plate structure 22, and on the base portion 11 a like structure 23. The structure 22 has a depending lug 2 1, in which a threaded actuating rod 25 is threadedly revolvable; and the structure 23 is provided with a depending lug 26 in which the threadedrod is freely revolvable. A yoke 27 is rigid with the spaced portions 12 and 13, and in this yoke, at 28, one endof the rod is freely revolvable and secured thereat against longitudinal or axial movement, so that on revolution of the said rod, the latter being provided with an angular terminal 28 to receive any tool, the section 16 is slidable.

Mounted by like hinges 29 on the base 11 is a seat back 30, the erect angle of which is determined by stops 31. Hingedly mounted on the bottom surface of the base 11, as at 32, is a depending section 33, the lower end of which has attached thereto limitedly yieldable gripping material, such as leather 34.

The section 33 is positively prevented from undue outward movement by a stop bar 35, which is attached to the base 11; and to further arrest outward movement of the base of the said section, a pair of like struts, each numbered 36, and terminally pivotally at tached to the said section and to the bottom surfaces of the portions 12, 13, as clearly shown in the drawings, is provided. The terminal pivotal attachments of this pair of struts include base attaching ears 87 and top attaching ears 38. These struts, to facilitate folding thereof are medially pivoted at 39 and 40, said latter pivots being however held against movement, when required, by slidable collars, 41, 42.

The section 33 is thus held releasably rigid with the base 11, and the said section and retaining member 19 are longitudinallyadjust able to fit any depth of window structure, the material 34 being shown in Figure .2 in engagement with a wall 43, which supports or carries the sill 17 Whenever the seat is to be used at a window which has an inwardly extending sill or window ledge, it is desirable to place a suitable filler block between the base section 16' andthe window sill, thereby to prevent possible tilting of the seat.

The hereinbefore described construction admits of considerable modification without departing from the invention; therefore, it is the wish not to be limited to the precise arrangements shown and described, which are as aforesaid, by way of illustration merely. In other words the scope of protection contemplated vis to be taken solely from the appended claim, interpreted as broadly as is I consistent with the prior art.

What is claimed as new is:

A windowseat comprising a base, a grip, ping section slidably mounted in the base for projection beyond one end thereof, a wall engaging section hingedly connected to the remote end of the base, foldable struts connected with the last said section and with the base at intermediate points in the lengths of the two, said gripping section being provided at its free extremity with a retaining member hinged to the gripping section and limited to an angular position with reference to the same and a threaded rod threadedly engaged with the base and operatively connected with the retaining member for angular or turning movement with respect to the latter but precluded from axial movement with respect to the same.

In testimony whereof I hereby affix my signature.

' WILLIAM LA GRANGE. 

